Deuteronomy 28:38-48

38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.

39Thou shalt plant and till vineyards, but shalt drink no wine, nor gather [the fruit]; for the worms shall eat it.

40Olive-trees shalt thou have throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; for thine olive-tree shall cast its fruit.

41Sons and daughters shalt thou beget, but thou shalt not have them [to be with thee]; for they shall go into captivity.

42All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.

43The sojourner that is in thy midst shall rise above thee higher and higher, and thou shalt sink down lower and lower.

44He shall lend to thee, but thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

45And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, until thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy 1God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee.

46And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

47Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy 2God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything,

48thou shalt serve thine enemies whom Jehovah will send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of everything; and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.